Limadendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Brongniartieae
Genus: Limadendron
Species: L. amazonicum – L. hostmannii
Name

Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo Pl. Syst. Evol. 301(2): 701–707 (2014)

Type species: Limadendron amazonicum (Ducke) Meireles & A.M.G. Azevedo Pl. Syst. Evol. 301(2): 701–707 (2014)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Limadendron

Continental: S. Tropical America
Brazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Meireles, J.E. & Tozzi, A.M.G.A. 2014. Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(2): 701–707. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7 Paywall JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Limadendron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Limadendron. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 10 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Limadendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Mar. 2016. Reference page.

Limadendron is a genus of small trees in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species native to northern South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil, and Peru.[2] The genus was recently separated from the genus Poecilanthe.[1][3] It belongs to the tribe Brongniartieae.[1][4]
References

Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM (2014). "Limadendron: a new genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae, Brongniartieae) from South America". Plant Syst Evol. 301 (2): 701–707. doi:10.1007/s00606-014-1108-7.
Limadendron Meireles & A.M.G.Azevedo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
Meireles JE, Azevedo-Tozzi AM, Lavin M (2014). "A phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data reveals a paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Syst Bot. 39 (4): 1142–1149. doi:10.1600/036364414X683912.
de Queiroz LP, São Mateus W, Delgado-Salinas A, Torke BM, Lewis GP, Dorado Ó, Ardley JK, Wojciechowski MF, Cardoso D (2017). "A molecular phylogeny reveals the Cuban enigmatic genus Behaimia as a new piece in the Brongniartieae puzzle of papilionoid legumes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 191–202. Bibcode:2017MolPE.109..191Q. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.001. PMID 28089794.